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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. Businesswoman Admitted Affair With Boris Johnson, U.K. Report Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/world/europe/boris-johnson-jennifer-arcuri.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
By Benjamin Mueller
Sept. 29, 2019
Updated 9:39 a.m. ET
LONDON An American businesswoman who received thousands of pounds from a government agency that Boris Johnson controlled when he was mayor of London told friends that she and Mr. Johnson were having a sexual affair, according to a British news report this weekend.
The revelation in The Sunday Times of London intensifies the scandal hanging over Mr. Johnson as he tries to navigate an impasse in Parliament over his Brexit plans. Several agencies are investigating accusations that he gave favorable treatment to the businesswoman, Jennifer Arcuri, now 34, by helping her secure sponsorship money and taking her on trade missions that she was not qualified for.
On Friday, a monitor at Londons City Hall referred Mr. Johnson to a police watchdog for a possible investigation into the case, saying that the accusations, if true, could amount to misconduct in public office.
Both Mr. Johnson and Ms. Arcuri have denied any wrongdoing. And a government minister from Mr. Johnsons Conservative Party dismissed that as an obviously politicized complaint. The monitor was a career official who also worked at City Hall during Mr. Johnsons tenure as London mayor, from 2008 to 2016.
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By Benjamin Mueller
Sept. 29, 2019
Updated 9:39 a.m. ET
LONDON An American businesswoman who received thousands of pounds from a government agency that Boris Johnson controlled when he was mayor of London told friends that she and Mr. Johnson were having a sexual affair, according to a British news report this weekend.
The revelation in The Sunday Times of London intensifies the scandal hanging over Mr. Johnson as he tries to navigate an impasse in Parliament over his Brexit plans. Several agencies are investigating accusations that he gave favorable treatment to the businesswoman, Jennifer Arcuri, now 34, by helping her secure sponsorship money and taking her on trade missions that she was not qualified for.
On Friday, a monitor at Londons City Hall referred Mr. Johnson to a police watchdog for a possible investigation into the case, saying that the accusations, if true, could amount to misconduct in public office.
Both Mr. Johnson and Ms. Arcuri have denied any wrongdoing. And a government minister from Mr. Johnsons Conservative Party dismissed that as an obviously politicized complaint. The monitor was a career official who also worked at City Hall during Mr. Johnsons tenure as London mayor, from 2008 to 2016.
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U.S. Businesswoman Admitted Affair With Boris Johnson, U.K. Report Says (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Sep 2019
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)1. Good God, who'd do Boris? He's almost as fugly as Trump!
Wounded Bear
(58,713 posts)5. Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac...
That and money, and since they seem to go together...
rurallib
(62,448 posts)7. I was curious and googled it the other day
Apparently ugly old Boris seems to be quite the lady's man. Truly surprising.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)8. IIRC, so was Henry Kissinger.
There's no accounting for taste, I guess.
dalton99a
(81,590 posts)2. .
malaise
(269,172 posts)3. Bybye BoJo
He should have know that from he lied to the queen, he was history.
Every secret will be exposed and he will be gone by mid-week. This is his Christine Keeler moment.
efhmc
(14,732 posts)4. Where do we get all of these sleazy men?
malaise
(269,172 posts)6. Good question
What never fails to amaze me is their level of arrogance and hubris given their corrupt MOs.
Bibi, BoJo and Bozo.
Justice is coming. BoJo will go down in history as the PM with the shortest tenure in history.